CALL WEEKLY
Spring 2025
(03-23-2025 to 03-29-2025) subscribe
Upcoming Events
Islam in China: Religion, Mobility, and State Power
Date, time, place: March 26, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 PM , via Zoom
Organized by: Center for Chinese Studies Speakers: Ruslan Yusupov, Yuting Wang, Susan McCarthy
This webinar explores the evolving landscape of Islam in China, examining how Chinese Muslims navigate state policies, economic transformations, and transnational connections. Three scholars will present their research on distinct aspects of this dynamic religious sphere. Wang delves into the role of Chinese Muslim cryptocurrency entrepreneurs. McCarthy examines the rise and fall of World Muslim City, a development initiative that sought to integrate Hui Muslim identity with economic diplomacy. Yusupov addresses the Sinicization of mosques, analyzing how the removal of domes and minarets serves as a political tool to redefine the relationship between Islam and Chinese identity.
Clarinetist Robert DiLutis and Musicians of the U.S. Pacific Navy Fleet Band
Date, time, place: March 25, 2025, 7:00 PM, Orvis Auditorium Organized by: Department of Music
Robert DiLutis is a professor of clarinet at the University of Maryland, College Park, and principal clarinetist of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. His recent recitals and master classes have included the ClarinetPasto in Colombia, U.S. Navy Band Clarinet Day, Newberry College Clarinet Day, Cincinnati Conservatory Clarinet Mini-Fest, and ClarinetFest (Spain, Italy, and Belgium).
Mr. DiLutis is an artist for Buffet Crampon Clarinets, Rovner Ligatures, Selmer Mouthpieces and Lohff and Pfeiffer. His recordings are available on the Delos, Tonsehen, RM and Centaur labels.
Free admission
Breath and Bow: Conversations in Sound
Date, time, place: March 27, 2025, 7:30 PM, Orvis Auditorium Organized by: Department of Music
“Breath and Bow: Conversations in Sound” is a duo recital that features shakuhachi master Christopher Yohmei Blasdel and cellist/composer JunYi Chow. The program includes a blend of traditional shakuhachi and cello pieces, contemporary compositions, and an arrangement of Hawaiian mele.
Free admission
Opera Workshop Concert
Date, time, place: March 29, 2025, 7:30 PM, Orvis Auditorium Organized by: Department of Music
A program of classical through contemporary opera duets and arias.
Free admission
University of Hawai’i Saxophone Choir Concert
Date, time, place: March 30, 2025, 4:00 PM, Roosevelt High School Auditorium Organized by: Department of Music
Get ready for an unforgettable musical experience! The UH Saxophone Choir is celebrating its 29th season in a BIG way—by bringing you the largest saxophone ensemble in its history! To make this performance even more spectacular, they’ll be joined by the Hawaii High School Saxophone Ensemble for a truly epic collaboration.
This concert is packed with energy, featuring stunning transcriptions and beautiful original works, including the bold and majestic Finlandia by Sibelius, the hauntingly beautiful An der Wiege by Grieg, and the iconic, triumphant Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland.
Free admission; donations accepted by Hawaii Saxophone Foundation
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Life Narrative at the Terminus: Glacier Memoirs and Planetary Relationality
Date, time, place: March 27, 2025, 12:00 – 1:15 PM, Kuykendall Hall 410 Organized by: Center for Biographical Research Speaker: John Zuern, Professor of English
This talk examines the American glaciologist M Jackson’s While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change and The Secret Lives of Glaciers; the British glaciologist Jemma Wadham’s Ice Rivers: A Story of Glaciers, Wilderness, and Humanity; and the Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason’s On Time and Water. These books employ autobiographical discourse to convey the enormity of the climate crisis as it is manifested in the rapidly accelerating loss of Earth’s glacial ice.
The Ecotone with Manuhuia Barcham – Weaving Knowledge(s): Addressing Climate Change Through Epistemic Crafting
Date, time, place: April 1, 2025, 12:00 PM, Moore Hall 258 Sponsored by: Center for Pacific Island Studies, Department of Asian Studies, The AAPI Environmental Humanities & Environmental Justice Initiative
The last half century has seen a dramatic shift occur in Western academia and practice around the recognition of Indigenous Knowledge. Join us as Dr. Manuhuia Barcham draws from his empirical design work to propose how we might be able to explore bringing different knowledges and knowledge traditions together in a way that provides value for multiple stakeholder groups.
UH Endowment for the Humanities 2025 Summer Research Awards
CALL Faculty are invited to apply for funds to support summer research projects that fall within a humanities discipline. Deadline: Thursday, April 3, 2025. TO APPLY
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Travel Awards, Fellowships, and Research Stipends…
Links to currently available and annually available funding opportunities (such as travel awards, fellowships, and research stipends) for faculty and staff can be found on the CALL website under the “For Faculty” page. If you do not know or have forgotten the password, email <karinm@hawaii.edu>
As a reminder, staff are also eligible to apply for the Dean’s Travel Awards.
Student Scholarships & Fellowships
Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships
A multitude of scholarships and their application forms can be found on STAR. Don’t forget to check them out this semester!
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